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Phillipson urges urgency to scrap two-child benefit cap

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Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has said there is real urgency to scrap the two-child cap, amid speculation it could be removed in the upcoming budget. The limit, introduced by the Conservative government, restricts child tax credit and universal credit to the first two children in most households. Campaigners say the policy pushes more than 100 children into poverty each day. Ms Phillipson told a radio programme she is clear about the evidence and what needs to be done, arguing that as more children enter the system the numbers affected rise and child poverty rates grow. She described the policy as a Tory measure with a devastating impact on children and said Labour would sort it.

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